Democrats Walter Mondale and congresswoman ferraro in the general election, winning the popular vote 59 41 . Ms. Ferraro was the first woman nominated for the vice presidency by a major party. This debate from philadelphia is just under an hour and a half. [applause] dorothy good evening. Good evening from the civic center in philadelphia, pennsylvania. I am the president of the league of women voters, sponsor of tonights Vice President ial debate between republican george bush and democrat geraldine ferraro. Our panelists for tonights debate are john mashek, National Correspondent for u. S. News world report, jack white, correspondent for time magazine, norma quarles, correspondent for nbc news, and robert boyd, Washington Bureau chief for knightridder newspapers. Sandra van ocher, Political Correspondent for abc news, is our moderator tonight. Sandy. Sandy thank you, dorothy. A few words about the order of the format. The order of questioning was determined by a toss of the coin. Con
Classic monsters. It was the last one to be included. Everyone has their own pantheon. You can come fight me later. [laughter] in my opinion, creature was the last one. She did so much more. She was one of disneys first female animators, she was an actress, she was an illustrator. Everything about milicent patrick was larger than life. It has been the greatest honor of my life so far to tell her story. If you read the book, you know there are pictures in there because milicent lived a very visual, cinematic life. I have a treat for all of you. Ive got some photos that have never been seen before. I have hundreds of them i was not allowed by my publisher to put in because we could not fit 700 different photos in the book. [laughter] so i would like to take you through while telling you about milicent and why she is a trailblazing artist and one of the most important women we have ever had in the film industry. Also why we dont know her any longer. I would like to take you through her li
Nominee. applause for the next 90 minutes we will be questioning the candidates following a format designed and agreed to by representatives of the two campaigns. However, there are no restrictions on the questions that my colleagues and i can ask this evening, and the candidates have no prior knowledge of our questions. By agreement between the candidates, the first question goes to gov. Dukakis. You have two minutes to respond. Governor, if Kitty Dukakis were raped and murdered, would you favor an irrevocable Death Penalty for he killer . No, i dont, bernard. And i think you know that ive opposed the Death Penalty during all of my life. I dont see any evidence that its a deterrent, and i think there are better and more effective ways to deal with violent crime. Weve done so in my own state. And its one of the reasons why we have had the biggest drop in crime of any industrial state in america; why we have the lowest murder rate of any industrial state in america. But we have work to
Hello and welcome to the Commonwealth Club of california. Im Elizabeth Carney chair of the business and Leadership Forum and your host for an evening with rebecca solnit. And energizing case for hope about the climate. Also, with us, here on zoom, her coauthor thelma lutunatabua. How do i do . And her partner, fenton. And a small one that is really the whole reason why we worry about climate. So, thank you. Theyll join us for the first part of this program. From and then they will not have to stare and stay around for the whole thing, rebecca and i will have a conversation, theyll have some question and answer time together. We want to give everyone a chance to speak. So later in the program, please use the microphone, if youre coming up for a question, or if youre on youtube, use the chat box feature. Your participation in the program is really important to us. So we will try to get to everyone that we can. And now, its my pleasure, to introduce susan haymer. Shell give some backgroun
Across india are told to switch off their electricity in the fight against coronavirus. And President Trump warns americans to prepare for a big increase in the number of coronavirus deaths. New york state records its biggest one dayjump in deaths so far. Welcome to bbc news. Lets bring you a round up of all the latest developments in the coronavirus pandemic in the uk and around the world. In an hours time, her majesty the queen will deliver whats described as a deeply personal television address. Shell thank front line nhs staff and care workers, while recognising the grief, Financial Difficulties and enormous changes the country is facing. It comes as the Health Secretary for england, matt hancock, warned that the government could ban outdoor exercise in public, if people continue to ignore the rules about social distancing aimed at preventing the spread of coronavirus. He accused a small minority of flouting the restrictions which he said were Mission Critical to protecting the nhs